Uterine Doppler As StillbirthPredictor

Scientific Institute for Research Hospitalization and Healthcare (IRCCS)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Intrauterine Fetal Death

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06825481

StUtDop1.0

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to define the predictive value of intrauterine fetal death for different longitudinal patterns of uterine artery Doppler indices (UtA-PI, UtA-RI and notch) from the second and third trimester of pregnancy in patients admitted with a diagnosis of intrauterine foetal death in the period January 2010-April 2020.

Full description

No changes in the obstetrical conduct of patients with MEFs are expected, since the data will be analysed retrospectively in patients in whom the event of intrauterine foetal death has already occurred. Patients will be treated according to normal clinical protocols.

The following information will be recorded for each patient

• Age

• Body mass index (BMI)

• Ethnicity

• Parity

• Method of pregnancy onset (spontaneous vs. medically assisted procreation)

• Maternal pathologies (if any)

• Any foetal pathologies

• Ultrasound parameters in the second and third trimester of pregnancy

  • Estimation of fetal weight
  • Umbilical artery Doppler (UA-PI)
  • Uterine artery Doppler (UtA-PI, UtA-RI and notch)

• Gestational age of fetal endouterine death

• Type of delivery

• Newborn and placental weight

• Histopathological findings of newborn and annexes (placenta and umbilical cord)

Enrollment: 4,863 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Fetal endouterine death in single pregnancies with gestation period ≥ 24 weeks
• Obtaining informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Multiple pregnancies